I am Shyam,am from Kerala We have some land for which the patta is in mother's name , she passed away last year with out any will.When we approached the village office to attain the legal heir certificate they said since my mother's mother is alive she is also a legal heir even if the property is non ancestral, So we got the legal heir certificate with me , my brother , my father and the grandmother as the legal heir. Now we are planning to sell the property but the grandmother is not willing to co-operate . So I need to know if there is any way we can sell the property without her consent since it is not an ancestral property ,my father bought the property. And am still confused about how she became a legal heir for a non ancestral property, am I misinformed or is it the law ? It would be great if anybody could give any suggestions or clarifications